>We currently broadcast a local program from our server. We have also
>successfully broadcast through our server from a remote location with a
>static IP address. I was wondering if there was a way to force media to our
>server from a remote location if the remote IP is dynamic or the remote
>location is using a private IP on a LAN, 192.168.0.0, etc.
We woulkd like to go into the field with a laptop and utilize someone's
internet access to bring the media (audio or video) back to our server where
we will then make it available to our internet listeners. We have done this
utilizing a static IP address at the remote site. Since it was a static
address we were able to set up the server so that the program could start
automatically at a certain time. Our problem is: if the remote site only has
a dynamic IP address, or the remote site does not want to give us access to
their external IP address pool, is there a way to force the broadcast back to
our server (from the remote laptop) rather than someone in our office needing
to be present to input an IP address? If we don't have access to the external
IP address pool, then the manual approach won't work because our server won't
be able to access the remote site's internal IP addresses. I hope this helps
to clarify our dilemma. Thanks for your help.
> >We currently broadcast a local program from our server. We have also
> >successfully broadcast through our server from a remote location with a
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Mike Lowery - 08 Jun 2007 15:47 GMT
Not sure I'm understanding correctly, but this sounds like a problem that could
be solved by using DDNS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ddns
If you're using someone else's Internet connection there are other factors
involved also (firewalls, bandwidth, etc.)
> We woulkd like to go into the field with a laptop and utilize someone's
> internet access to bring the media (audio or video) back to our server where
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Beth - 08 Jun 2007 18:53 GMT
It sounds like you currently use a Pull publishing point where the server
goes out to find the encoder and pulls the video down. If you setup a Push
publishing point the encoder makes contact with the server to get the stream
started. In this way the encoding machine doesn't need a static IP or even a
static DNS name.
HTH,
Beth
> We woulkd like to go into the field with a laptop and utilize someone's
> internet access to bring the media (audio or video) back to our server where
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DolphinSoftware - 11 Jun 2007 01:16 GMT
I agree that that sounds like the best approach. Unfortunately, I think my
brain has shut off. I have tried setting up a push publishing point (WMS 4.1)
and I can't seem to get it to work. Any suggestions?
> It sounds like you currently use a Pull publishing point where the server
> goes out to find the encoder and pulls the video down. If you setup a Push
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